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>> ian: bonnies head coach mark the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of captionmax, which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions, are not responsible for the accuracy, or completeness of any transcription, or for any errors in transcription. >> jim: i was going to say for five to seven seconds but with a five-second differential the team comes down leading by three points. what do you do? you milk the clock and then if you score, then you have to -- if you're the bonnies, you have to score twice in eight seconds. leonard hamilton knew that was coming. he tried to get a pretty good free-throw shooter to catch the ball. i like the decision by the bonnies because it was

aggressive. >> ian: loucks, 67% on the season. he is two of two this afternoon. loucks knocks it down. his fiancee, stevie -- stevi steinhauer. >> jim: it's not over yet, stevi. >> ian: four-point lead for the seminoles. second attempt is good. >> jim: you must take a good look right here, get to the bucket if you can in a hurry. >> ian: 65-60 florida state. >> jim: they have a foul to use if they want. >> ian: conger. buries it. a three. >> jim: he liked the right side before, now he likes the left side. >> ian: 65-63 with 25.2 left. they foul dulkys in the backcourt. >> jim: if you're the bonnies, the strategy is to do just what you are doing. mark schmidt has to turn this

into like a 20-minute period of time with only that short a period of time with 25 seconds left -- the ball fake, hesitation to get it up and get some rhythm and now you stretch the clock. great use of the dribble and just the defender knows he has to stay away at that point. terrific look. >> ian: deividas culkis, the senior. 84% on the season. he has not attempted a free throw here today. it's short. knocked outside. huge play by white, and a foul called. st. bonaventure had their chance on the defensive glass and it was the high-flier, okaro white rising up. >> jim: does anybody step up? he gets a perfect bounce and terrific effort to swipe it backhand. >> ian: now it's loucks. gets the roll. three-point lead for the

seminoles. st. bonaventure, no time outs remaining. >> jim: if you're the bonnies with 22 seconds left and change, i think you get it in to one of your guards and get to the basket. still enough time to drive to the basket. you don't need the three. >> ian: one-possession game. >> jim: they do have a foul to give, florida state, right now. >> ian: 15 seconds left. kloof. foul is given with 14 by snaer. >> jim: that's fine from florida state's perspective because that takes time off the clock. >> ian: now st. bonaventure has a chance to come up with a play from their sideline. mark schmidt. >> jim: now you start thinking when do you want to foul if you're going to, if you're florida state with a three-point differential. i don't think you foul unless the bonnies decide to hold this late in the clock. maybe you do it at five seconds or less. let's see if they go into it fast, though. >> ian: conger gives it up. kloof circling. three-point game. cook. rainbow delivery.

no. it's over. florida state wins it 66-63. st. bonaventure lost track of the situation down the stretch. the seminoles rally in the second half. we got a taste of the madness here in nashville and it's florida state advancing. >> jim: here is the concept. it's a three-point game. i don't mind this because there are still seven seconds. if that shot goes down you don't have a choice. that ball has to come out. i understand the concept. you have a young player right there aggressively trying to put the ball in the basket, the clock on your mind disappears for a second. unfortunately, they couldn't kick it back out. you see the reaction by florida state. >> ian: the defensive presence of bernard james. the bones fall short.

66-63. st. bonaventure, the 14 seed gave it a shot against florida state but it's the three seed moving on to a match-up with cincinnati on sunday. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com >> ian: let's head to our studios in new york. >> ernie: thank you very much, ian eagle, 66-63 the final as florida state a winner over st. bonaventure. >> ian: cbs will be back with prime time tournament coverage at 7:00 p.m. eerp time with lehigh and number two duke among the games in the time window including ohio and michigan, then in our prime-time double header games you will see xavier

versus notre dame on cbs. right now tournament action is continuing. vermont catamounts and the north carolina tar heels. north carolina has opened up a 12-point lead as they play late in the first half. that game is on tbs. georgetown with a 12-point lead over the bruins of bloment and the spartans of norfolk state, do not adjust your set, five minutes to go in the first half or thereabouts and they lead the number two seed missouri, 26-23. coming up next on cbs. many of you will see your local news and the "cbs evening news." we're going to see you right back here at 7:00 eastern time for more march madness. we'll see you then. so, how was school today ? i have to be a tree in the school play. good. you like trees. well, i like climbing them, but i've never been one. good point. ( captain ) this is your captain speaking. annie gets to be the princess. oh... but she has to kiss a boy.

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this is 9 news now. our top story tonight, george clooney behind bars in a d.c. jail, the hollywood actor arrested by the secret service out protesting outside the embassy of sudan. >> 11 other people were placed under arrest including clooney's father and a virginia congressman. >> this all went down at the sundanese embassy on mass avenue in northwest. kristin fisher joins us now live from the second district police headquarters were clooney was booked and released. >> reporter: can you imagine what the people already held here must have thought when george clooney just walked in? his arrest was clearly very

carefully orchestrated, but clooney has been charged with one count of disorderly crossing of a police line. that is a misdemeanor and it will go on his permanent record. a sundanese woman cheers as george clooney is arrested by secret service and taken away in plastic handcuffs. >> do you understand these right as i have given to you? >> reporter: just minutes earlier clooney had marched up the sundanese embassy joining hundreds of protestors accusing the sudan president of blocking food and humanitarian assistance from reaching hundreds of thousands of sundanese citizens. >> medley we need humanitarian aid allowed -- immediately we need humanitarian aid allowed into the suzanne. >> reporter: clooney was joined by his father, martin luther king, jr., iii and several congressmen including virginia representative jim

moran. >> this very day we who have been born into lives of peace and prosperity have some obligation to speak out for those who suffer every day for the accident of their birth. >> reporter: the protestors then made the move that got them arrested. they crossed onto the embassy's lawn. it's a misdemeanor offense, an act of planned civil disobedience and it got clooney and 11 others a ride to jail. three hours later he was out. >> it was really rough. you can imagine. have you ever been in a cell with these guys? >> reporter: clooney admitted he's not sure if his arrests will accomplish anything, but with the rainy season in sudan six weeks away a time when the region is unreachable, clooney said his arrest was worth a shot. >> it is my first arrest. thanks for asking. let's hope it's my last. >> reporter: now clooney was only behind bars for about 2 1/2 hours. he bailed out around 2:00 this afternoon. his bond, just $100. not too much for a hollywood

star. >> absolutely. you know what? he could have been anywhere. could he have been any place and he's not the only person who talked about the atrocities in the sudan, but i guess when you interject the clooney factor, it gets pretty crazy. it looked intense out there. >> reporter: it was absolutely nuts. not only did you have about 100 or 200 protestors standing outside the embassy, but you also had i mean literally about 100 members of the press, those photographers and reporters and we're talking people literally shoving heads out of the way so they can get a clear shot at clooney, reporters jabbing people in the face so they can get their microphone up front. at 1 point i even watched one photographer literally push another photographer to the ground smashing his camera. tell you, what in the news business we are competitive with other news crews and sometimes there is a little bit of jostling, but this is my first experience really getting in with some of the paparazzi. there were folks from tmz,

extra and other paparazzi outlets. tell you what, they're a lot more fierce than local and national news reporters and photographers. >> nasty. >> they need to calm all that down. we don't do that here in the district. thank you. a mother is under arrest for real tonight for abducting her 9-year-old son from a landover elementary school yesterday morning. today wuilbert garcia safe heading home to his family in prince george's county and delia goncalves spoke exclusively to the boy's tad who is anxiously awaiting his return. -- dad who is anxiously awaiting his return. >> reporter: nelson garcia heads to the police station to find out how and when he will get his son back. >> i'm happy and i say thank you for the police. >> reporter: police say 9-year- old wuilbert was abducted from dodge park elementary school just before 8:00 in the morning. his mother sylvia garcia signed him out claiming he had a

doctor's appointment. thing is garcia lost custody of her children three months ago because of alleged abuse and was not on the emergency list to leave the school with him. the father said the school even had a court order. >> he got everything in the school. >> i was in the office and standing right behind her and i wished that i would have known something that i could have helped. >> reporter: veronigue dodson saw the two before the boy went missing 20 hours traveling across the country. >> but he was beside her. he didn't seem afraid of. >> reporter: police issued an amber alert 7 p.m., nearly 11 hours after he left school seemingly giving mom enough time to ditch her car and hop on a plane. at 3:00 this morning police arrested garcia at the airport in reno, nevada, where she has family. >> she really did make our school look about. >> reporter: while some parents think the school is not to blame others say there needs to be stepped up procedures to

make sure a family is never torn apart again. thankfully this parent's nightmare has a happy ending. delia goncalves, 9 news now. >> the prince george's county school system did release a statement that said in part, "state of of our students is our top priority. we -- state of of our students is our top priority. we will work -- safety of the our students is our top priority. we will work with the police department to improve our response." >> the question is how will today's rain affect the popular tourist attractions, the cherry blossoms. >> a little light wind and no rain is the key that. may keep them from going a day earlier with temperatures in the 50s. it's still above average. we've been spoiled the past couple days. here's a look at radar, light rain and drizzle pushing through the metro. if you're headed south on 95, you have some wet roads and also into southern maryland through route 3 and 5 you'll have a few wet roads, but

nothing is heavy. the good news is it's on the way out. temperature-wise 59 downtown. it's warmer to the north, 66 frederick, 63 gaithersburg and 63 in manassas, 65 fredericksburg. tonight light rain and drizzle ending, still mild, partly to mostly cloudy, essentially temperatures hold steady in the 50s with light winds. we'll come back and talk about the weather for the marathon and take you through the weekend. a guilty verdict in the case that made national headlines and sparked discussions about bullying and privacy. a new jersey jury convicted darren ravi of all 15 charges for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate who later committed suicide. randall pinkston is at the courthouse in new brunswick, new jersey. >> reporter: throughout the trial prosecutors never connected darren ravi's actions to the decision by tyler clementi to commit suicide, but after the verdict there was an indirect reference to his

death. one of the jurors said the trial was hampered because the victim was not here to testify about ravi's violation of his rights. former rutgers university student darren ravi showed no emotion as a jury convicted him on all 15 counts for using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate. >> on count 6 by his intimidation we find the defendant did attempt to cause the offense of invasion of privacy with the purpose to intimidate t.c. because of sexual orientation guilty or not guilty. >> guilty. >> reporter: jurors found the 20-year-old guilty of invasion of privacy as well as bias intimidation based on sexual orientation, which is a hate crime. the case began in september of 2010 when ravi spied on his roommate tyler clementi kissing another man. a few days later clementi killed himself by jumping off the george washington bridge. ravi's attorney tried to argue that ravi was just a foolish 18- year-old and meant no harm, but

jurors sympathize with clementi and his family. >> i just hope they can put everything behind them and move forward. >> reporter: before the verdict the defense team said they expected their client to be found guilty on some of the charges, but many courtroom observers were stunned that the jury agreed with all of the prosecution's case. clementi's family said they hope the trial will help keep the focus on issues like cyber bullying and privacy. >> we believe this trial was important because it dealt with important issues for our society and young people today. >> reporter: ravi left the courthouse with his family. he faces prison time and possible deportation to his native india when he is sentenced in may. ravi remains free on bail. he will be required to report to court once every two weeks until his sentencing in may. in new brunswick, new jersey, i'm randall pinkston. back to you. >> the most serious charges against ravi carry up to 10 years in prison each, but legal experts say the most he'll

probably get altogether would be 10 years. the army private at the center of the wikileaks case was back in a military courtroom this afternoon at ft. meade. bradley manning has been linked to the biggest leak of classified material in u.s. history and today a military judge denied a defense request to take sworn statements from eight people before the trial. the next hearing in the case is set for a 24th through 26th and so far no trial date's been set. the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians is reportedly on his way to a u.s. military prison at ft. leavenworth, kansas. a senior defense department official says he is expected to arrive there sometime today. many afghans are furious the 38- year-old staff sergeant will not face trial where the massacre took place. afghan president hamid karzai is also angry and says the u.s. military is not cooperating with his investigators and he expressed doubt that there was only one shooter involved. >> in full rooms people were

killed, children and women were killed and then they were all brought together in one room and then put on fire. that one man cannot do. >> cbs news learned the pentagon is investigating reports that the suspect had been drinking alcohol in the hours leading up to the shootings. his name is being kept secret to protect his family. still ahead a big welcome home party for a local police officer just back from a year long deployment in afghanistan. >> and i'm scott broom at dupont circle. you have heard of distracted driving, but what about distracted walking? when i come back, i'll have a surprise proposal about safety on d.c. streets.

both victims have been identified in yesterday's deadly crash in silver spring. 26-year-old olin sorenson and

his passion 23-year-old sylvia wright died in the accident in the 9300 block of piney branch road. investigators say sorenson was driving east when his car suddenly crossed the center of the roadway and slammed into a tow truck. that tow truck driver is expected to be okay. the cause of the crash is still under investigation. you've heard of distracted driving, of course, but what about distracted walking? now an influential group of business and law leaders in d.c. are cracking down. >> they say pedestrians and cyclists venture into traffic while texting gaming or phoning and they ought to get written up because so many are getting injured. scott broom live in dupont circle to take the temperature on this ticketing idea. scott? >> reporter: well this, group is called the d.c. council for court excellence. d.c. is just flat out dangerous for pedestrians is the deal, more dangerous than lots of cities like san francisco and new york and even boston and the council thinks that distracted pedestrians are part of the problem.

she's on the phone. he gets on the phone and both are in the middle of the street and here comes rona epting texting crossing the street. you just crossed the street looking at your iphone. >> yes. but i looked to the right. >> reporter: aren't you a afraid getting hit? >> i looked to the right really quickly. >> reporter: now here comes in rob gray fingers on the smartphone navigating people in cars. are you texting while you're walking across the street? >> i'm listening to a book and playing a game. >> reporter: you know, there's some folks in washington that think it should be illegal to cross the street while you're distracted. what do you think? >> good luck passing that. >> a penalty would be really unfair. i listen to music all day, so i really have no time to be paying attention to what's around me. >> i'm sorry. >> reporter: last year 11 pedestrians and two bicyclists were killed in washington, about 700 per year injured. washington, a city where even

the police walk across the street with phones in their ears. the council for court excellence report calls for police to do increased traffic safety enforcement instead and calls on lawmakers to beef up safety laws to make walking and cycling while distracted just as illegal as driving that way. yoohoo! yoohoo! i guess she can't hear me. bye. back live at dupont circle where just about everyone has a phone to their ear at this time of day getting off the metro train. this d.c. council for court excellence is also calling on the city to expand its hands free device and saying for drivers in cars they want all electronic devices out of everyone's hands in vehicles as well. we'll see how the city council takes this all under advisement. scott broom, 9 news now. >> i have to say i've been guilty of that walking talking

thing and not paying close enough attention. >> i think we all have. that's one kind of madness, but here's another taking place on the streets today. thousands of diehard fans from georgetown, d.c. to los angeles to japan lined up outside of apple stores to be among the first to get their hands on the new ipad. the latest version of the popular tablet went on sale in the u.s. and nine other countries. even apple co-founder steve wozniak joined an early morning trod of technogeeks who waited outside a loss -- crowd of technogeeks who waited outside a los angeles store to purchase the device. >> i didn't get the high memory ipad in the past and can't put on a whole bunch of movies. so i've got a good reason to upgrade. >> the new model comes with a faster processer, sharp scene and better camera, starts at 499 for the 16 gigabyte version and you can now get it at your local wal-mart. the big box retailer has also started selling the tablet in its u.s. stores. we got some good news for

you hoya fans coming into the 9 news now newsroom. just a few minutes ago georgetown hoyas defeated belmont and advanced to the third round of the ncaa. jp3 and the hoyas have not won a game in the tournament in four years. the drought ended today. the senior jason clark a big 21 points leading all scorers and the tough georgetown defense held belmont well below their season average. hoyas win 74-59. go hoyas, yeah, man. georgetown's win sets up a third round match-up against the nc state wolfpack against the acc. they go at each other sunday. dave owens is in the locker room and we hope to have a live report at 6:00. tornadoes rip through michigan. one of them cut a 10-mile path of destruction after being on the ground more than a half hour. we'll show you some of the damage. >> also coming up a mother comes to the rescue after papa goose goes after workers at a

midwest office building. got to check this out. >> and it's a hero's homecoming for a local police officer and navy reservist. i'm ken molestina live with the emotional reunion.

tonight a local police officer is getting a hero's welcome home from the battlefield. officer kevin cruz is a seven year veteran of the prince george's county police force, but he also serves as a member of the u.s. navy. >> and he just got back from

serving a year long deployment in afghanistan. our ken molestina is live at reagan national where a homecoming reception is underway for officer cruz. hey, kenny. >> reporter: you know, these homecoming never get old. the navy reservist landed just after 4:00 earlier today. his wife, daughter and police family were all on hand ready to give him a warm welcome. after more than a year of being deployed this long embrace is what petty officer kevin cruz had been looking forward to, finally reunited with his family. >> i was just in afghanistan last week and now i'm here of. >> reporter: cruz who was also a prince george's county police officer had been attached to an army unit working on vehicle maintenance in some of the most hostile areas of afghanistan. >> with all the incidents that's been happening, i wish things could turn out a little better, but we're still pushing through. >> reporter: his young daughter just celebrated her 7th birthday a few days ago. now that her dad is home a celebration and some down time together awaits this young

family. >> i can't believe it. we've waited so long for him to come back and it seems surreal that he's actually here right now. >> it's been hard, but the key is communication. you keep calling. i just keep calling my wife, skypeing her. it's just constant communication. >> reporter: cruz tells me he's looking forward to getting in on some rest and is expected i'm told to be back on the streets of hyattsville patrolling in his area in just about two weeks. live in reagan national airport, ken molestina, 9 news now. about 200 maryland soldiers are back home tonight after a year long deployment to egypt. the army national guard soldiers were sent to the sinai peninsula. this was the scene of one of those homecomings at the white oak armory in silver spring this morning. their mission in egypt was to man remote observation posts and checkpoints as part of the camp david accord. three hotel chains are making an offer some military families will probably find hard to refuse. marriott and wyndham and a

smaller chain called americainn hotels are offering free rooms to wounded veterans and their families. maryland senator been cardin and dutch huppe huppersberger developed the program. the swim meet today sponsored by southwesterly olympics happened today. these kids train during the fall and winter. they competed in just about every stroke today, the freestyle, backstroke, butterfly. look at them. go the event took place at the prince george's sports and learning center aquatics center in landover. tornadoes tore across michigan last night, more than 100 homes were damaged, 13 destroyed, but despite all that destruction there were no serious injuries. however, there was some incredible video and terrell brown has it. >> reporter: daybreak, so did

destruction in dexter, michigan, after a tornado damaged at least 100 homes and destroyed 13. >> i think we hoped we'd wake up and it wouldn't be real. >> reporter: residents began cleaning up. they boarded up homes and covered roofs. >> i have a lot of decisions to make and i'm a little weary of breaking down before i take care of business. i have to worry about my kids and what we're going to do and what we do with the house. >> reporter: kathy crawford was rushing home to be with her children when the tornado hit. >> i really started having a panic attack, actually passed my house because i didn't know where i was. >> reporter: the storm tore off crawford's roof leaving plywood and insulation everywhere. her son and daughter stayed in the basement. >> it's just a miracle everybody is okay. >> reporter: a tornado left a 10-mile path of destruction through dexter with 135-mile an hour winds. it hit early in the evening. >> it was a bad time. kids were getting out of school. families were just getting

home. >> reporter: despite the destruction no serious injuries were reported. >> it's amazing. you see these things all the time and you do a death count and we're not even doing an injury count. >> reporter: a second tornado touched down in ida, michigan. winds were estimated at 80 to 90 miles per hour. like dexter homes were damaged, but people were safe. terrell brown, cbs news. >> utility crews are busy working to restore power to thousands who lost their electricity all as a result of those tornadoes. >> top, rough weather. >> we actually had some breaks in the clouds off to the west. we'll show you live doppler. there's still a little light rain and drizzle but moving south of town. look for wet roads if you're driving home into southern maryland down 95. we'll come back. we got some tweaking to do on the forecast for the weekend. we'll explain. up next caught on tape, an armed robber forces a little girl out of way to get to the register. >> don't forget we are always on at www.wusa9.com.

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caught on tape jaw dropping video of two little girls caught in the middle of an armed robbery. surveillance video shows the girls waiting while their mom gets cash at a st. paul,

minnesota convenience store. that's when that armed robber burst into the store and in his haste to get to the register knocks one of the girls out of the way. after the shock of being so close to a man with a gun wore off, the girls bolted out of the store. it took the owner of the store firing his gun into the floor to scare that thief off. he is still out there but no one was hurt. in king city, oregon adelely owner turned the tables on a would be -- a deli owner turned the tables on a would be thief with his trusty baseball bat. the store owner hits the guy in a helmet. who wears a helmet to a robbery? apparently this guy does and the robber runs off without any money. i guess he figured it's too much trouble. back in january the owner's wife was working when a man armed with a knife stole money from the register. police are trying to figure out if the robberies are related, no arrests, but the robber has a really bad headache. the sharks are biting off florida's eastern coast.

>> a guy was bitten multiple times by a bull shark yesterday afternoon at jensen public beach. >> this comes a day after a teenage boy and young girl were bitten by a shark in five minutes of each other in volusia county and in brevard county a man bitten on the national seashore really felt the pain earlier this month. we're talking about coyotes having people on edge, three people in a 2 block radius reporting unprovoked coyote attacks since monday. sightings are common, but attacks are rare. a man who had a chunk taken out of his leg while he was outside sun bathing still has a sense of humor about his coyote encounter. >> the likelihood is one person a year might get bitten. one out of 300 million. [ laughter ] >> so one trip to the urgent care and several rabies shots later the bite victim is doing okay. police responded to the attack

and spotted three coyotes near the scene. one was shot and killed. who you going to call? if it's a problem with an aggressive gander it's this one, dorene olson, a goose buster. she's been called in to deal with an aggressive bird that's been attacking folks in a missouri parking lot. her dogs actually help her get the dog done. >> usually they'll go into a water body if there's water available, so my dogs, you'll see they're outfitted with life jackets because they do the same thing in the water. >> now apparently this particular aggressive gander is trying to protect a mother goose sitting on a nestful of eggs nearby. geese are protected by law, so you're not really allowed to hurt them. in fact, you can go to jail if you bother them. apparently there's no rule against them bothering you, however. >> look at that! >> you know what you'd say. what happened to that geese? >> mighty tasty. >> he was delicious.

oh, coming up on 9news some early ways to combat those early seasonal allergies. >> also up next a new study finds the downside to white rice. we'll talk about it in our health alert. it's time to get going.

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so thinking about ordering some chinese this weekend? well, ask for brown rice instead of white. harvard researchers say eating lots of white rice increases the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. the association was strongest in asian countries, but they tend to consume more rice than western nations. any white carbohydrate including breads, pasta and now rice is not as healthy as whole grains which contain more fiber and other nutrients that can counter the effect toward diabetes. let's talk about that warm weather we've had lately that has sent spring allergies into high gear. symptoms are hitting earlier than usual and a local allergy expert tells us expect that misery to stick around. >> it's one thing that normally people think i like this kind of weather. i hate it because i suffer with it. >> springtime in bloom isn't a welcome sight for many seasonal allergy sufferers and dr. tolul ensuli says it will be worse this year. >> we are facing a serious

problem in terms of this warming, very warm winter that we have been going through and this is going to impact seriously this allergy season. >> you don't have to tell that to georgia green. >> i was doing okay until i went out this morning. i got back in the house and it was just constant sniffling. >> green's sniffling normally doesn't start until april, but this year it started back in february. the doctor says it comes down to pollen. >> early allergy season, a much higher and more aggressive pollen and a longer allergy season. >> that's right, folks, a longer spring allergy season, but this are things you can do to soften the blow. first of all, lessen your exposure. >> closing the windows at home and in the car. if you have a convertible, maybe it's not the best time to drive it if you're allergic to pollen. >> shower before bedtime to get rid of any pollen in your hair or on your body and start the allergy medications you typically take now. >> once you start to have the

affected breathing, stuffy nose, nasal blockage, red eyes, much more difficult to fix the problem than preventing it. >> it's going to be intense. we enjoyed our winter, but we're going to pay for it. >> here's another reason to take allergy control seriously. i have a new report released by georgetown university hospital. it shows a lot of folks with asthma don't realize how often allergies are a trigger for their condition. in fact, their study showed more than 75% of people with asthma tested positive with skin tests for allergens and many didn't know it. these two conditions are very closely tied together. >> if you got seasonal allergies, you are feeling it. >> high for tree pollen today, low for grass. >> even though we got a little bit of rain there. >> yeah. it's a 24 hour reading. 59 today. the cold front slipped to our south. it's going back to the north as a warm front tonight. we'll take a live look outside

our live weather cam by michael and son. there's the capitol. some breaks in the clouds off to the west, 59 officially downtown, the high so far today, too. the winds are paltry out of the northeast at 3 and that will keep temps down a bit, pressure steady 30.15 inches of mercury. most of the light rain and showers moving south and east of town. everything is light, but you'll find wet roads into southern maryland, if you're going down route 3 or 5, you'll definitely find some wet roads and down 95 south. good news, nothing heavy. the flip side of that, though, zoomed in doppler radar, there's a pretty good thunderstorm around hancock. you folks have been in the warm sector of air all day. you made it into the low 70s, so the atmosphere there is more unstable. this is working its way south as well. it might get as far as martinsburg around i-81 before it begins to dissipate. temperatures 60 in bethesda, 55 -- 56 rather arlington, 61

springfield, 59 reston, 61 college park and only 50 in beltsville. i think that should be 60. i don't think it's that cold in beltsville. still a mild weekend, light rain and drizzle early tonight, but still mild, temps won't fall. they may go up a little. okay for the marathon and a little cooler sunday, but still above average. we have to put things in perspective. we had three days in the 80s. when we say cooler, we don't mean 80s anymore. light rain and drizzle ending tonight, partly cloudy, lows in the 50s with light wind. we get into tomorrow morning for the marathon, should be fine. mostly cloudy, yes, but dry, mild, temps in the 50s and 60s and very little wind to speak of. by afternoon we'll say partly cloudy, mild, shower possible south and west and the more i look at some maps recently, i think we could see a shower in the immediate metro area, but it won't be a big deal and not a washout. don't change your gardening plans or your tee time, high temps around 70, winds out of

the east at 10. that wind is a harbinger of cooler air to come in sunday. so we'll break it down. 50s to start at 6:00 in the morning. by noon we're in the 60s with partly cloudy skies and 69 to 74 by evening, a shower possible but another mild day. now the next three days cooler on sunday, backdoor front goes south of us, clouds to start, too 68 and then milder again monday, maybe a shower, but we are back in the low 70s. next seven days, we stay warm pretty much through next week. temps go up and down a little bit, but for the most part low 70s, showers possible but that's a nice change for temps in the 70s, a few showers. actually we're in pretty good shape tuesday. spring arrives at 1:14, temperatures around 70 and mid- 70s wednesday and a better chance for showers and thunderstorms. right now we have some sun out here to the west. things are improving. we're still warm, just not talking 80s anymore. >> that's okay for now. we'll get our 80s later.

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two rock and roll marathon runners make their living imagining things and using that imagination to help some very sick children smile every day. they are actors and athletes in part of an extraordinary new children's theater here in d.c. it's called only make believe. andrea roane shows us how they are preparing to win the race

and the hearts of children. >> on your mark, get set, go! >> reporter: elizabeth wilma helps children believe she's someone else. >> yea! every day that's ever been i will always win. >> reporter: alyssa and her fiance thomas pekin get paid to play. they're professional actors at the kennedy center, the shakespeare theater, but this is their labor of love. >> your wish will come true of. >> reporter: making sick children smile at hospitals across the city. >> the people that really love to do it, they want to do it because they want to change somebody's life. that just means for the two hours that somebody is in the theater or an hour we get to take these kids away from their hospital rooms. >> our goal is to better the world around us and to leave it a better place than we found it. so hopefully through what we are doing and through giving of ourselves by running, we're inspiring other people to say i can give a few dollars here or there if this person is willing

to give so much of their time. >> reporter: alyssa and thomas are veteran runners, but this is their first marathon in d.c. in part because it's their theater group only make believe's first time in washington d.c. >> it was a great public way to get the name out there. onlymakebelieve.org is a great place to go. you can learn about the organization, how to donate, get involved and volunteer. we have a buddy program where you can actually come in and volunteer in the hospitals. >> reporter: a new york actor and playwright created only make believe to help sick children imagine getting better giving them the same inspiration the actors need when they run. ♪i believe in make believe >> you get to a point where you hit a wall and feel like i can't go anymore and you see this group of women running for breast cancer and they're like i'm a cancer survivor and you're like my gosh, and they're passing me by. i was like if they can run, can i definitely keep running. keep-- i can definitely keep

running. >> you can watch live coverage of tomorrow's marathon here on wusa9. andrea roane and mike hydek host our coverage starting at 8 a.m. >> this is 9 news now. we need to treat him as a soldier entitled to the rights he's entitled to and go from there. >> the u.s. soldier accused of gunning down 16 afghan villagers including women and children is heading back to the united states to face charges. we've learned that that unidentified soldier had an exemplary record prior to the shootings and suffered traumatic brain injuries on the battlefield during previous tours of duty. >> no matter the outcome of the legal actions against him, more than his military career is finished. >> as bigad shaban reports, efforts to patch up strained u.s./afghanistan relations is only just beginning. >> reporter: the american soldier accused of killing 16 afghan civilians is reportedly on his way to a u.s. military prison at ft. leavenworth, kansas. a senior defense department official says he